The sleuths of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) raided the residences and the office of deputy commissioner of Chhattisgarh Housing Board (CGHB) Dilip Kumar Diwan on Saturday morning and unearthed assets disproportionate to his known sources of income worth Rs10 crore.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (ACB) DS Negi informed that the raids were concurrently conducted at Diwan’s residences located in located in Junwani Bhilai, his parental home in lahood village, Pithora Mahasamund and office in Shankar Nagar.
The ACB was constantly receiving complaints that Diwan was indulging in corrupt practices and hence the raid was conducted. A case under Anti-Corruption Act 1988 has been registered against the officer, he said.
According to Negi, Diwan had purchased houses in Junwani, Bhilai, Housing Board Colony Kachna, Raipur, one HIG house in DD Nagar, Raipur and two flats in Chouhan Tower.
likewise, the errant officers had purchased 1.15 acres of land in Kohka Bhilai, a residential plot in Mohali, Punjab, 5 shops in Dumartari, 1 shop in Saddu Raipur, 1 shop and 1 flat in posh Avanti Vihar colony Raipur, the DSP informed.
Diwan had also deposited cash amounting to Rs48 lakh in different bank accounts, he said. Cash amounting to Rs5 lakh was also found during raid in his house at Junwani. Records of Rs57 lakh being deposited in different banks as fixed deposits were also found. The deputy commissioner had invested Rs20 lakh in different schemes of lIC and Rs2 lakh in share market, the DSP stated.
Gold weighing 18 ‘tolas’ and 2.5 kg silver ornaments worth Rs10 lakh were also recovered. A BMW car, a Tata Safari, Tata Manza, four bikes, an Activa scooty and a tractor were alsofound among the assets, the DSP said.
Three bank lockers owned by him, one each in Canara Bank, Dena Bank and Bank of Baroda are yet to be opened, Negi informed.
Diwan had joined as an Assistant Engineer in the year 1990 in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. later, he was posted in Jagdalpur, Sagar, Bhilai, Raipur and Bilaspur. In the year 2000, he was promoted as the Executive Engineer and in 2012 he was made the deputy commissioner. Since 2004 Diwan was posted in Raipur, he informed.